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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Natural Disaster: 6.7 earthquake hits Christmas Island

A magnitude 6.7 quake struck in the Indian Ocean east-northeast of Christmas Island on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was recorded at a depth of 6.9 miles at a distance of 108 miles east-northeast of the Australian territory at 1647 GMT, the USGS said. There was no immediate report of a tsunami warning from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center